Chandigarh, July 19 -- Toughening its stance to eradicate child begging from the state, the Punjab government has rescued 41 children in just two days through raids at 18 locations across districts under its "Project Jeevanjot-2".

Anyone exploiting children for begging in the state will face the full force of the law, announced social security, women and child development minister Baljit Kaur.

"The campaign integrates provisions from the Punjab Prevention of Beggary Act, the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, guidelines of the Supreme Court and high court, and the standard operating procedures issued by the Punjab State Child Protection Commission," she told reporters on Friday.

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